with your headphones in you cant hear the creaking.
i think all mine creak to some extent.
I do almost all my own bike maintenance, and get obsessed with creaks, but despite constant fettling there's always something creaking. I fix it and it sounds fine then next ride something else starts. It's just constant.
Though in the main seats are the greatest cause.
And if not creaking it's chain rattle. Lately, despite clutch mechs and narrow wide chainrings, my chains are rattling a lot more, and I think it may be down to my switching to Squirt lube, as that results in a dry surface with the wax on the chain which I find clatters against the teeth of the chainring. An oiled chain, while attracting crud also makes it quieter in terms of rattle (though grinds when muddy).
I can't bloody stand noisy bikes. If I'm out riding and a creak rears it's ugly head I'll try and find out what it is, if I can't find it/shut it up I'll leave it until I get home, if I can silence it I will.
I have been known to dump bikes in rivers/streams to get the grinding paste/mud off them, not bothered about water ingress as that normally dries up or on next stripdown gets cleaned out.
I'm not bothered about dry chains though, can't help that, I take it as a good sign that I'm riding out and the bikes starting to complain I'm spending too much time on it and should take a rest.. 😆
Rattling DMR pedals, squeaky BB and a slightly bent derailleur with a rub.
Stops the silence! Know they all need fixing and have new parts waiting! But just wanna ride not spend time fixing till it's definitely needed!!
Some people are athletes first and cyclists second. Lad in our chaingang has been a pro all his life, obv used to having his bikes spannered by someone else, rides with a dry chain, indexing out, creaking bb and doesn't have a pump when he flats... which winds everyone up but seemingly not him!
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for the guys who have a saddle that is creaking, try putting some oil between the rails and the holes they go in on the saddle, has cured two of my saddles for a while, then just squirt some more oil, has now stopped my flite saddle from creaking for over two months.
Also, Niner EBB's have been known to emit a mild "creak" once in a while 😆
My One9 has the EBB1 (the one screw to tighten it) started to creak from day one, many attempts at fixing it later and plumbers pipe grip (B&Q special) smeared around both faces of the BB and inside the shell and tightened up and all's well. But I have to counter that by stating I upgraded it to the EBB2 (two screw fixing) and a slight smear of paste and that's been fine for at least 18mths.
Mine are often noisy, I just don't mistake that for a problem... I've known people to obsess about squeaks but be oblivious to loose headsets, seized bearings etc.
Though I've got to admit, the DING noise my hemlock now makes when landing drops, as the gear cable pings off the toptube, is irritating. Paint used to damp it I guess, the ano doesn't.
Just watched the Ironman Wales for an hour and some of the creaking, graunching bikes that went past was astounding
I sat 3 parts of the way up the Tumble on Tuesday watching the ToB. The creaking and grinding of poorly maintained bikes being winched up at zero mph by fat knackers was horrible. Constant. Don't people lube chains, tighten BB's and index gears?
Shouldn't have been hard to keep things running quietly with all the lard that was dripping off their faces. Good thing there is a cattle grid with a sump half way up to catch it all. 😆
Sounds like my creaking SDG Bel Air 2.0 is not that unusual then, although it does bother me as the rest of the bike is pretty much silent!
http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/RAW-Friday-Fort-William,26029/Steel-City-Media,14510
Noisey/creaking bikes do my head in!
Pretty easy to make a bike silent(ish), velcro on the seatstay, chainstays, chain device top guide. If only I could silent the Hope Pro2!
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